Gibbs Cancer Center at Spartanburg Regional is one of ten places in the country to try a new lung cancer treatment.

Gibbs Cancer Center at Spartanburg Regional is one of ten places in the country to try a new lung cancer treatment.

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Updated: 7:45 PM EDT Jul 2, 2014

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WEBVTT NEWS FOR YOUR HEALTH NOW.. A HOSPITAL IN OUR AREA - IS ONE OF THE FIRST TEN SITES IN THE WORLD - TO OFFER A GROUNDBREAKING CANCER DRUG TRIAL. WYFF NEWS FOUR'S MIKE MCCORMICK IS LIVE AND LOCAL AT SPARTANBURG REGIONAL.. MIKE.. HOW DOES IT WORK? IT'S CALLED AN UMBRELLA TRIAL. PATIENTS WITH ONE TYPE OF CANCER.. ARE TESTED ONCE.. AND ASSIGNED TO ONE OF FIVE TRIAL ARMS.. EACH TESTING A DIFFERENT DRUG FROM A DIFFERENT DEVELOPER. THIS LAB.. PUTS THE RESEARCH.. IN THE GIBBS CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE. 11:31 "there are no guarantees in cancer." CUTTING EDGE WORK HAPPENS HERE EVERY DAY... BUT NOW.. THE DOCTORS.. HAVE ANOTHER OPTION FOR THEIR PATIENTS. 5:07 "it can be a lifesaver. It can be a ground breaker." IT'S A CLINICAL DRUG TRIAL.. COMING FROM A PUBLIC- PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN FIVE DRUG COMPANIES.. AND THE NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE. GIBBS CANCER CENTER.. IS ONE OF 10 PLACES IN THE WORLD OFFERING IT FOR PATIENTS WITH SQUAMOUS CELL LUNG CANCER.. UNTIL NOW.. CHEMOTHERAPY, RADIATION, AND SURGERY WERE THE ONLY OPTIONS FOR THAT KIND OF TUMOR. 4:20 "we're in a tobacco belt with a long history of tobacco farming and a high instance of tobacco usage in our area." DR. JAMES BEARDEN.. SAYS THAT KIND OF LUNG CANCER MAKES UP HALF OF THE 300 LUNG CANCERS THEY SEE EACH YEAR AT SPARTANBURG REGIONAL.. 10:45 "i've been in medical oncology for a long time, here in Spartanburg since 1976. This is probably the most exciting time that I've seen in medical oncology.." THE TRIAL - WILL KEEP PATIENTS IN OUR AREA FROM TRAVELING TO ACADEMIC CANCER CENTERS.. THEY'LL STAY CLOSE TO FAMILY.. AND WORK WITH THEIR USUAL DOCTORS. THE TRIAL COMES INTO PLAY.. WHEN A CHEMO TREATMENT.. DOESN'T WORK. IT'S A PROTOTYPE FOR MANY OTHER TRIALS.. TO FOLLOW. 13:12 "we may prove in the future that what we've done in the past is dinosaur treatment." TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE TRIAL - LOOK FOR THE LINK IN THE ON-TV SECTION OF WYFF FOUR DOT COM. MIKE MCCORMICK, WYFF NEWS FOUR, LIVE IN SPARTANBURG.

Spartanburg oncology center chosen to try new cancer treatment

Gibbs Cancer Center at Spartanburg Regional is one of ten places in the country to try a new lung cancer treatment.